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Dr. Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker II was a solar physicist and X-ray astronomer who chaired the presidential commission that investigated the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Dale Emeagwali has received the 1996 National Technical Association’s Scientist of the Year Award in the field of cancer research. Roger Arliner Young was the first black woman to conduct and publish research in the field of zoology. Ida Stephen Owens performed research at the National Institutes of Health and shed light on how the human body defends itself against poison. Bertram O. Fraser- is a member of the team that developed a strategy for making oligosaccharides (links of simple sugar). John P. Moon helped create the devices that store and retrieve data generated by computers. He is Apple Computer’s v.p. for peripherals engineering. Bessie Blount is a forensic scientist and physical therapist. She invented a device called the portable receptacle support, which allows amputees to feed themselves by biting a tube that delivered one mouthful of food at a time. Michael Croslin received more than 40 patents for inventions including a computerized blood pressure machine and an intravenous pump used to dispense exact dosages of medication. Lonnie G. Johnson held over 20 patents and created the Super Soaker® water gun, which has grossed over a million dollars in retail sales. Cesar, an 18th-century slave, was granted his freedom and a pension by the South Carolina General Assembly for his discovery of a cure for rattlesnake bites. Benjamin Carson is a pediatric neurosurgeon renowned for successfully performing the intricate surgery that separated twins conjoined at the head. Justina Ford Colorado’s only black physician, delivering nearly 7,000 babies, and making all of her house calls by streetcar or taxicab. Ronald E. McNair was one of 35 candidates chosen from a pool of 10,000 for astronaut training. He died during launch on the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. Mae C. Jemison holds a doctorate in medicine and was the first African American woman in space. ‘Ozzie’ Williams developed small rocket engines that would steer the lunar landing modules on Project Apollo missions. Edward Alexander Bouchetbecame the first African American and the sixth American of any race to earn a Ph.D. in Physics. And that names ONLY a few.

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Name : Rachel28614, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Sydney, State : NA, Country : Australia, 

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